James Ring

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James Ring is a native of Wayzata, Minnesota and attends Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he is a political science major and a member of the football team. James’s favorite hobbies include playing and watching sports, boating and traveling.

Articles From James

A Muslim student at the University of Michigan says he is treated much better by conservative students than white liberals. Omar Mahmood, editor of The Michigan Review, wrote an op-ed last week titled “Smug Liberalism and the Ryan Selfie,” in which he claimed that liberals reduce him to his minority identity, and conservatives invite him into […]

The University of Chicago has awarded an illegal immigrant nearly $300,000 in scholarships, according to Campus Reform. David Rodriguez (a pseudonym used for security purposes), is an illegal immigrant from Mexico whose family has been living in Tennessee since he was five years old. He was awarded a scholarship to UChicago after he was ruled ineligible for in-state […]

A Florida golf range is using headshots of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as targets for golfers to aim at while practicing. According to Bay News 9, Ace Golf Range and Pro Shop in the Tampa, FL suburb of Brandon put up photos of the two unpopular presidential candidates to liven up the driving range. In honor […]

Apple has engaged in virtual gun control as the company decided to replace the pistol emoji with a water gun emoji in the next version of the iPhone and iPad operating system, according to CNN Money. The gun swap is just one of the many emoji changes that Apple has planned for iOS 10 that shows the […]

Black Lives Matter wants free college added to the Constitution, according to its first official public policy platform, reported on by Campus Reform. In Black Lives Matter’s new platform, which was released just days before the two-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, the organization called for free college to be a constitutional right, along with five […]

Milo Yiannopoulos, the conservative journalist who has been permanently banned from Twitter, said that if Donald Trump were to become President of the United States, he would become an “existential threat to political correctness.” Yiannopoulos, the technology editor of Breitbart News whose criticisms of feminism, Islam, and political correctness have sparked outrage on many occasions, was permanently […]

Despite Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s negative views on free trade, polls have consistently shown that millennials support it. A May 2016 YouGov poll finds 48 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds believe free trade is a good thing, while only 12 percent say free trade is bad. A recent poll by Third Way finds that 70 percent of millennials support free trade over regulation to limit trade. Pew Research from March […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has created a guide for students and faculty to help them use the appropriate pronouns when referring to other students and professors, according to Campus Reform. A chart on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center’s (LGBTRC) website lists twelve appropriate pronouns to use, including fae, ae, e, ey, per, ve, […]

A Dartmouth professor is teaching a summer course about the Orlando massacre, but is ignoring the topic of radical islamic terrorism, according to The College Fix. At Dartmouth College, a women’s, gender, and sexuality studies professor named Eng-Beng Lim is teaching a course this summer titled “The Orlando Syllabus.” In his own words, Lim says that […]

A Hillary Clinton supporter attacked a Donald Trump supporter and lit a flag on fire at a Clinton-Kaine campaign event in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, according to CBS Pittsburgh. According to a criminal complaint, Joshua Sturman was in downtown Pittsburgh to support Hillary Clinton and attend her rally. Sturman crossed a downtown street and walked into […]

At a Donald Trump rally in Colorado Springs, Trump supporters and anti-Trump protestors joined together to chant “lock her up,” according to The College Fix. The chant, implying that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton should have been indicted by the FBI, was not the only chant time the protestors and supporters were united. About 100 protesters at the […]

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry gave a speech on Wednesday where he talked about the ways he believes can improve life for African Americans in the United States. His speech, “Black Lives Matter — And So Does Black Liberty,” explains how Democrats have failed to improve the problems and what Republicans can and should do to […]

With concern for the future of the United States of America, Newt Gingrich has given millennials some advice as to how combat the challenges they’ll face. Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, talked directly to conservative students at the Young America Foundation’s National Conservative Student Conference and outlined his thoughts on the problems facing […]

In the wake of the plagiarism controversy surrounding Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention, many professors have begun to suggest undertones in her highly talked about convention speech. According to The College Fix, college professors have described Melania Trump’s speech as heteronormative, white supremacist, and “toxically racialized.” Alex Corey, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Colorado’s […]

Members of the Democratic Party have heavily criticized Donald Trump and his proposed wall at the southern border of the United States throughout the entire presidential race. Warren on Trump’s RNC speech: “Other than talking about building a stupid wall…did you hear any actual ideas?” https://t.co/SerEYVQjBR — ABC News (@ABC) July 26, 2016 However, the […]

A recent presidential poll done on Bravo-TV’s “Watch What Happens Live” found that viewers of the show strongly prefer Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton. Viewers of “Watch What Happens Live,” hosted by Andy Cohen, were encouraged to text in their president choice. The results of the survey found that 65 percent respondents favored Donald Trump […]

The Republican Party platform for 2016 includes plans to combat issues in higher education and free speech on college campuses, among others. In the 66 pages of the GOP’s platform, in addition to free speech, other higher educations issues are addressed such as federal financial aid, liberalism on campuses, political indoctrination, and the need to encourage […]

A Portland State University professor is blaming white liberals for stifling the school’s diversity efforts, according to Campus Reform. The professor and longtime PSU faculty member, who wishes to remain anonymous, complains that “white paternalism” is hindering PSU’s diversity efforts and stifling the progress of movements and protests. The professor says that white paternalism is […]

A professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is calling for the complete “abolition of whiteness,” according to Campus Reform. Professor Gregory Jay, an English professor at UW-Milwaukee, sees his idea as the solution to ending racism. Jay has a personal website devoted almost entirely to questions of whiteness and racism, featuring essays on topics of “whiteness studies” […]

A new poll following the rise of Pokémon Go found that more millennials recognize Pikachu than Vice President Joe Biden — and it isn’t even close. The poll, conducted by Vox and Morning Consult, found that 98 percent of millennials recognized Pikachu, but only 61 percent of millennials recognized Joe Biden. Biden was often mistaken by millennials for other politicians. […]